Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-353) and index
Prologue : rocks and history -- pt. 1. Chaos to simplicity. Wilderness under fire -- A truly new world -- Reflections from a woodlot -- pt. 2. Rationalization and its discontents. A world of commodities -- King climate in Dixie -- The great food fight -- Extracting the New South -- The unforgiving West -- Conservation reconsidered -- Death of the organic city -- pt. 3. Consuming nature. Moveable feast -- The secret history of meat -- America in black and green -- Throwaway society -- Shades of green -- In corporations we trust